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WASHINGTON, D.C.: The House continues to tinker with a controversial immigration bill as it nears an expected floor vote Friday. Representatives added an amendment that would permit state and local law enforcement agencies to detain illegal aliens for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and retained a pilot program that lets employers call an INS hotline to check the employability of workers. However, the key addition was an amendment sponsored by Representative Elton Gallegly, which would allow states to bar the children of illegal immigrants from public schools. Gallegly's amendment passed 257-163, but opponents may have the Supreme Court...
Otherwise, when the alien said, "Come with us into our spaceship," the earthling might just say, "Buzz off, figment," and go on about his business, leaving the extraterrestrial just standing there, truly embarrassed...
Think of what would happen, for instance, if an alien from another planet approached Pat Buchanan with abduction in mind. After all, Pat Buchanan believes that all aliens are from another planet...
Reporters shout out questions: "How do you know the alien's name was Epstein, Pat? Did he talk? Do all extraterrestrials have Jewish names...
...other hand, Newt Gingrich, a confessed Trekkie who looks as if he has bodily fluids to spare, is a perfect target for abduction. Once the Speaker disappeared, I passed the word to people I know who believe in alien visitors: "If you run into any extraterrestrials, ask them if they're holding a sort of pudgy white-haired guy who can't keep his mouth shut...